Religion
The Majority of people follow Islam as a religion. More than 80% of people are Muslim. Hinduism is the 2nd largest religion in this country. A table showing total number of followers:
| Religion | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Islam | 2,365,728 | 83.57% |
| Hinduism | 486,565 | 17.30% |
| Christian | 1,831 | 0.07% |
| Other | 1,090 | 0.045% |
It is the second box of religion:
| Religion in Sylhet District | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religion | Percent | |||
| Islam | 83.57% | |||
| Hinduism | 17.30% | |||
| Christianity | 0.07% | |||
| others | 0.045% | |||
The district of Sylhet consists 6754 mosques, 453 temples, 96 churches and four Buddhist temples.
Read more about this topic: Sylhet District
Famous quotes containing the word religion:
“The great end of all religion ... is to purify our hearts—and conquer our passions—and in a word, to make us wiser and better men—better neighbours—better citizens—and better servants of GOD.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)
“A chaplain is the minister of the Prince of Peace serving the host of the God of War—Mars. As such, he is as incongruous as a musket would be on the altar at Christmas. Why, then, is he there? Because he indirectly subserves the purpose attested by the cannon; because too he lends the sanction of the religion of the meek to that which practically is the abrogation of everything but brute Force.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“It is manifest therefore that they who have sovereign power, are immediate rulers of the church under Christ, and all others but subordinate to them. If that were not, but kings should command one thing upon pain of death, and priests another upon pain of damnation, it would be impossible that peace and religion should stand together.”
—Thomas Hobbes (1579–1688)